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Toldry의 댓글

For hunters who love having Vanity Pets that look similar to their pet, this is the pet you are looking for.

Jarigise의 댓글

Gorillas are a very good pet to have around the mid-levels. They have above-average damage and health, and a powerful AoE attack doing Nature damage. Unfortunately, they're only in the level 37+ bracket, and their diet is somewhat limited (fruit and fungus).

The rarest gorilla skin is the white one, found on Ukh'loc, a rare spawn in Un'Goro Crater.

xcibuto의 댓글

I think that there will be a level 77 tameable gorilla in WotLK, seeing the Pets-Gorilla tab says '32-77'

Looking at the new pet calculators, Gorillas look very promising.. perhaps as one of the better tanking pets there currently is.

A Gorilla, when tamed, has about 2%+ damage and 4%+ health, correct me if i am wrong, and with plus to additional talents such as +12% stamina and then another +4% stamina +dodge +parry etc, and all the awesome tanking abilities such as intervere and last stand, aswell as taunt.. Along with the fact that it has got an AoE threat ability - It's the perfect solo tanking pet imo. You can have it tank groups of perhaps 4-5 mobs while you can spam volley (considering there won't be any CD to it now) and multi shots, or simply have it tank as you spam your usual rotation.

aaroncjones의 댓글

Dude...as soon as i get to that level I'm getting the red gorilla.

Meleris의 댓글

Now that Thunderstomp has a 10sec cooldown, they are the best PVE tanking pet in the game, i'd say. Moderate threat on an AOE attack, with a 7sec (after spec BM talents) w/ blood of the rhino... (no nerf bat please....)

van1017의 댓글

The main ability for Gorillas has been changed from a one minute cooldown to a 10 second cooldown. This change alone makes this "the" soloing pet for a leveling or grinding Survival Hunter.

Anyway, as to the reason for me making this post, I just tamed a fresh level 65 Gorilla on the PTR with this build on my 0/10/51 Survival Hunter that I copied. I figured I would try it out just to see how good it was. Well, on my first pull, I killed three Bull Elekks without pulling aggro. I didn't use misdirection, feign death or the new and improved shadowmeld. All I did was proc Lock and Load with Frost Trap and proceeded to blow them up. I was impressed, so I decided to see how far this could go...

My next pull was six Bull Elekks (from level 66-67) and a level 65 Storm Rager. I did not pull aggro once. This freshly tamed level 65 Gorilla tanked seven mobs (six of which were higher level) without any problems with aggro with my throwing out Explosive Shots like they were going out of style. My jaw absolutely dropped at how easy this one pet was making all of this.

I immediately logged off of the PTR, got on my hunter on live, and started camping for Uhk'loc. Within an hour (I was lucky with the spawn), I had tamed what will be my leveling pet from 70-80 and my permanent soloing pet at level 80. Still can't think of a name though...

So all in all, if you're planning on leveling with Explosive Shot and are the kind of hunter that likes to min/max, then look no further. You do not want a Bear that will only be able to hold three mobs at once with any kind of reliability. You do not want a Crocolisk that will only be good for 45 seconds out of every two minutes. Get yourself a monkey and go AoE like you've never AoE'd before...

van1017의 댓글

While you are right that the Gorilla might end up getting nerfed, I disagree with your statement that this is "that" pet...

Lets look at all of the normal tenacity pets. They can all serve a very basic purpose: to tank. No matter which pet you choose from the tenacity line, they will tank and they will tank well. What the special abilities do is give these pets a niche that makes them good at a special kind of tanking.

If all you want out of your pet is to go from mob to mob and grind as fast as possible while questing, as awesome as a Gorilla is, it will not be the optimal pet for you. What you're going to want for a "mob-to-mob" pet is one that can build single target threat. While Thunderstomp is great for packs, against a single mob, it will do less damage and generate less threat than a boar or a scorpid.

Lets say that you are an ambitious player and intend to grind elites at some point during your leveling process. Well, Thunderstomp will help a bit, but the ability that would make your life a great deal easier is a turtle's Shell Shield. 50% less damage taken for 12 seconds will help you immensely.

What if you want to be able to grind mob to mob, but want some security if you pull more than one mob? Well, you're going to want something like a bear for the swipe ability. Swipe, which only has a 5 second cooldown, will hold 1-3 mobs to your pet like glue. While gorillas can hold three mobs as well, it won't do as well as a bear. It is only when the fourth walks in that the monkey shines.

Do boars need to be nerfed because they're the best mob-to-mob pets? No. Do turtles need to be nerfed because they're the best pets for elites? No. Do bears need to be nerfed because of how well they can hold 1-3 mobs at once? No. They all have their niche. And while the gorilla's niche is a pretty good one, I can't see a logical reason why it would be nerfed for your stated reason, though the damage might end up being scaled back a bit...

Beastheart의 댓글

FuriousGeorge (Reference to George of the Jungle), the right name for your pet.

mazhop의 댓글

I hope they don't nerf it, also it appears the dev's wanted the ability for small groups to be able to have a "mini" tank available if you don't/have/couldn't find one. Over all, I like it the way it is.

Personally I have a ravenger (70), cat (67), gorilla (70), core hound (70) and a T-rex (70). Each one brings it's own abilities to the table.

Would I use a gorilla in pvp, no way but a small group or solo pve you can't beat it. Also, I'm not too worried about the DPS, this guy wasn't made for that. 3-5 mobs, volley and time to move on!

tijaska의 댓글

After rounding up 5-6 mobs, I got my gorilla's thunderstomp to crit for over 2300 on a lvl 64 mob. I haven't tested it on 70's yet but I just timed his thunderstomp with a Beastial Wrath and Kill Command. I activated those 2 just before "Clyde" thunderstomped, and KABOOM, massive threat and damage.

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Wraithsight의 댓글

Thunderstop now procs when there is only one target on the agro list. As of 3.0.2 it diden't.

Just as an instering aside if you are comparing bears and gorillas as multi-target tanks one thing you have to remember is that swipe only hits targets in a 90o frontal cone, while thunderstop hits everyone in melee range. While this distinction isen't imedatly apparent, you have to understand that when blizz added in the pet AI which makes all pets seek the back of their target when they are not the highest on the agro list, this behaviour was applyed to all beasts as well. So, a bear trying to tank 3 beast mobs will find that the ones he is not targeting have now moved out of swipes area of effect. A gorilla on the other hand since thunderstop affects everthing around them in range will of course not have this problem.

mathos22의 댓글

I named mine Roger, like the alien from American Dad. I chose to do so because Roger had the funniest American Dad quote to date. "No. Curious was the monkey who wondered if the man in the yellow suit was going to violate him with a banana." Indeed, it made me laugh IRL.

kreative의 댓글

I was having a tough time choosing what pet to level with so I decided to try out a gorilla in hellfire peninsula. Accidently, I pulled 6 mobs and 1 elite, and the gorilla took every single one. All he needs is mend pet and some bananas. :D P.S. my gorillas name is RadaRada, anyone know what thats from? ;)

aartamen의 댓글

Gorillas don't need any bananas. I don't think I fed my pet once after I figured out how to spec them.

Gorillas are absolutely, no doubt whatsoever best pet there is. And people are starting to catch up. My MC hound that I got one of the first on the server is permanently in the mothballs.

thundagard의 댓글

Mine's MyLittlPally (no room for the "e".)

It's been tested - single and multiple, gorillas do the most threat of ANY pet. The other tenacity pets are all niche pets.

Bear's unique ability when talented has a tiny cooldown. Which means you hit a lot... which means you crit a lot. And seeing all the pet-crit talents out there, this could be nice.

Worm gets sunder armor. Great if your MT is a pally, druid, or DK.

Crabs are PvP pets. Simple.

Scorpids... well, they're DPS pets. Hard as hell to kill DPS pets. Good for battle-for-survival or AoE heavy raids. Also, of course, good for PvP.

and so on. The point is, for AoE-grinding, threat, and general tenacity-ness, gorillas are the best. There's no competition.

woodnymph의 댓글

I'll never use another pet again! love my little hairy Balrog.. he's an agro magnet.. i just sit back and volley, heal and giggle. My guildies love him too for groups or raids.

Killing/Soloing Elites.. Taking down multiple mobs.. Get yourself a gorilla.

My favorite Elite solo so far has been a Fel Reaver at lvl 74, with my 73 gorilla and moderate gear..

Tzarius의 댓글

The swimming animation on the Gorilla is just plain eerie... It looks so calm, like its floating through the aether.

JamieK의 댓글

I don't think this thing will get nerfed, it should only get nerfed IF it can tank AND do good dps in raids, which it can't, since it relies on the AoE skill, which is pretty dumb to use in raids, unless they set it up with enough distance from the other mobs to avoid adds being caught in the AoE blast.

In the end, Cats or Scorpids are preferred in raids due to their dps/special skills, so i don't think the gorilla should get nerfed at all, if they do nerf it cause its the best tank pet in the game, they might as well nerf the classes that are the best at certain roles.

Wildhorn의 댓글

You can get a gorilla at lvl 32

locoreaper79의 댓글

Mine's named Zeus

lizbliz의 댓글

It needs to be made less good. There shouldn't be a pet that is just flat out the best pet in the game except in very niche situations. The point of the new system was to try and balance the pets so choosing them came down to what specifically you wanted to and what your task was. Even then, your taste took priority because you could still do most things with one tree pet as another of the same tree.

The fact that this pet is that much better than the others is a issue because it forces players who might not like the pet itself to have to use it unless they want to make their life much harder and be ignored for another hunter who has the pet when looking for groups for quests or instance/raids.

And for those of you saying it does less damage than other pets. Think about this. It has double the cooldown of swipe, but it does at least double if not far more than that in terms of damage, and to and infinte number of targets (assuming blizzards has no limit on how many mobs can occupy a given 8 year radius of course). The boar only comes close on the first hit. AND it adds extra agro on top of that? I call shenanigans blizzards.

I've looked at the other pet abilities.and even dps pets that have family abilities that target one creature do less damage than thunderstomp does. that's insane. And AoE doing at least double damage to every creature in the range than even some exotic dps pets' family ability. Once again, I call shenanigans.

And for those of you who say the turtle is a good tank anymore, bull. I had a turtle post patch and I love him. He was almost un-killable and held threat well. After the patch he was similarly hard to kill, yet could not hold agro for !@#$ even with the improved growl talents. 3 to 4 shots pull mobs off him like nothing else. The issue as i see it comes do to the pet family ability is needed to provide that extra damage the tenacity tree pets lack to hold agro. Growl and basic damage and even some bites are not enough for a tank pet to hold damage because unlike the other trees they do not have static higher dps rates.

The turtle's ability is nice as long as you can guarantee you won't pull threat, but unless you are bm the turtle just isn't buff enough to put out the damage to keep threat up. And if you are bm you are going to be using exotic....oh wait, you might still use a gorilla.....because they are that @#$%ing good.

they don't need to be nerf no. Nothing needs to be nerfed. everything should be useful, just not overpowered. Balance makes everything run better.

But the power balance needs to be restored to some semblance of equality for the pets in general, but especially the tank tree.

Otherwise my Dr.DoomShell will have to stay stabled indefinitely. Because he is the doomshell no more. (that's Dr. Vicotr Von Doom Shell to you)

lizbliz의 댓글

but the real question:

Why do they have to be so goddamn ugly?

zariplz의 댓글

I love my Gorilla :DPerfect for farming leather. Run around, gather up a bunch of whatever you're going to kill on the gorilla and let him do what he loves - tank.Volley away and ta-da lots of dead things, and one very live you. :)

liledra의 댓글

Orc male hunters be warned, there is a risk you will be mistaken for your pet.

gilgamesh6의 댓글

so are gorillas even better than the exotic pets?

mechanus의 댓글

2 fouls for you sir!

one, for racial discrimination

goes without saying why this is a foul (the probability that such mentality extends to your real life conceptions too)

but also, since the procedure of proving racial discrimination a major misconcept, included the self-explanatory, absence of choice,

the fact that you did have a choice, leads us to...

two, rolling a superficially "superior" character (one can with a low margin error deduct what your choice was),

the characteristics of the player base consensus that has promoted that as the "superior" choice (and whatever individuals are drawn to it by lack of critical thought), are quite well known to the rest of the player base

one would get too bored to explore them at this time, but some of you are getting what I am talking about

Donki의 댓글

This is the best pet for leveling hands down.

spyrothehunter의 댓글

100% aggreed man ^^ . I played with gorilla 30 lvls or something like that. I found the rare '' Nuramoc'' in Netherstorm, tamed it just for the looks . But it couldn't hold any aggro so it was kinda annoying while doing quests. Other Pets are more for dungeons and PvP. I think Gorillaz are the best pet to lvl and most fun to play with ^^

Mortenz의 댓글

Quote from Patch 3.1 test realm notes.

Thunderstomp (Gorilla) has been removed as a pet skill and replaced by Pummel - Pummel the target, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec. (20 Focus, 5 yd range, Instant, 10 sec cooldown)

I really hope this doesn't go live :( Thunderstomp was THE reason for me chosing Gorilla..

Lythium의 댓글

As of 3.1 PTR, Gorillas have their Thunderstomp replaced with Pummel, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec. (20 Focus, 5 yd range, Instant, 10 sec cooldown). This makes Gorillas a viable PVP pet now, along with Crabs the less popular Turtle.

If you are a Hunter looking for a PVP pet, use your playing style as the factor when picking from your selection. I would recommend a Hunter playing with a Paladin to pick up a Gorilla in 3.1, you don't have that many interrupts. Crab is still a great pet, but the lengthy cooldown on Pin makes the Gorilla the best utility for an arena team. You may stop a rogue in his place once in a while with Pin, or even lock a healer behind a pillar. It's hard to beat a 10 second cd interupt, there are just so many teams that cast. I am going with a Gorilla.

The other good news is that all tenacity pets are looking to receive Thunderstomp, making AE tanking possible with any tenacity pet!

Sigmund의 댓글

They are reportedly moving tunderstomp to the tenacity talent tree. How does worms stomp?

karbonii의 댓글

From MMO-Champion on 2/27/09

Hunter changes in 3.1

Thunderstomp -

Thunderstomp is now a pet talent available to any Tenacity pet. Now your bears, crocs or ESPECIALLY CRABS can join in the AE tanking fun. Assume the gorilla pet will be about as useful in PvP as the pets with stuns, of which there are several. Most of those have cooldowns in the 60 sec range. Pummel could probably be less than that.

foxtrot8275의 댓글

wat lvl exactly is that ability available? the thunderstomp

LadyFirefly의 댓글

Is it just me...or does no one have to feed their pet anymore?

The whole time that I've had my Hunter I haven't had to feed my pet anything and it's stayed at 100% happiness.

Cyger의 댓글

He does sort of have a point, besides your ignorant "you suck" comment. Gorillas are overpowered compared to other pets in their purpose. My gorilla's Thunderstomp crits for 3k at level 69. None of my other pets can even crit that high with dps talents. So tell me there's not something iffy there.

IceQ의 댓글

I most of the current pets (and I see all pets in new talent trees) have the ability to generate happiness. (Also add Glyph of Mend Pet)

Well overall it saves on space in bags, only need one stack to feed after reviving. :D

IceQ의 댓글

Was rufflove's post was down rated because it was actually funny?

Come on people relax.

rufflove: Will keep that in mind. ^_^

IceQ의 댓글

@ lizbliz: So in conclusion all you really said that other tenacity pets should come up to par.

@ taotedali: You started your comment immaturely and so it was read. What I think lizbliz was referring to is the fact that tenacity pets are tank pets... and only the Gorilla really pulls it off well. And thinking of it you SHOULD be choosing pets on look... that is what the talent trees are for now.

@ Cyger: "Gorillas are overpowered compared to other pets in their purpose." Agreed read above.@ Cyger: "My gorilla's Thunderstomp crits for 3k at level 69. None of my other pets can even crit that high with dps talents." That including Ferocity pets? My hunter is lvl 48 so haven't had those kind of crits/damge yet. :)

Well to all of you if you have not noticed in 3.1 the Gorilla gets nerfed and Tenacity gets buffed. :) In other words, Thunderstomp is not talented and not a Gorilla only skill... Great cause I actually wanted a Shell. :)

alt9001의 댓글

They have replaced the incredible Thunderclap on this pet with Pummel... I for one do not like this change, as I'm leveling a hunter and aoe grinding used to be sooo easy with this pet... Now it's just as mediocre as a boar.

alt9001의 댓글

Note that this pet is no longer the best for aoe, since Thunderstomp is available to all tenacity pets in the third tier as a talent. This means you have to be at least level 44 to aoe grind solo the way you could with gorillas at level 32.

Gloriousdead의 댓글

If you go into Battlegrounds regularly then no you wont have to feed your pet, at some point during a battleground your pet is automatically fed to 100% for a while (meant to last the duration of the BG) and when you leave the BG your pet stays 100% fed and happy.

Setkreios의 댓글

Bears would be great for AoE now, 5 second cooldown AoE and Thunderstomp. Pretty balla

taurehe의 댓글

Y was the above comment rated down? i think it makes a good point

Mosher94의 댓글

I had my gorrilla from level 32 to 59...it was a great tank, never lost aggro, could solo nything with it. But that was when I was BM. I switched to survival, and wanted to put out more dps. So I tamed a Frostsaber. It can't hold aggro, but it puts out a LOT more dps than ol Kong was. BM=Gorilla Survival=Kitty...in conclusion, I took about 20 sec/kill as BM, now it's more like 7 sec/kill as surv with kitty. I haven't done official testing, but this, I don't think, is the best pet anymore for leveling.

Vote yes for taming droods ^^

Electricsnot의 댓글

Gorillas used to be the best and be my favorite instance pet with their powerful AoE, now like the Raptors and Spiders, are useless. Now Blizzard replaced their AoE withhttp://www.wowhead.com/?spell=26090 with 40 sec cooldown.Now all Tenacity pets get the Awsome AoE power.

the Bear is my new favorite instance pet =)

dreadblood의 댓글

i have one thing to ask of blizz... (tameable) ARMOURED BEARS!

QQisfornubs의 댓글

On my hunter, i tamed a gorilla as soon as it was available and my gorilla (grapeape) was very good at holding aggro. i was rarely hit and he took alot of hits and it is somewhat easy to go 5v1 just keep mend pet up

Juderethri의 댓글

As of the latest patch, Thunderstomp is now a talented ability given to all pets with the Tenacity talent tree.

Considering this new change, the only other pet that provides an additional AoE attack would be the Bear with Swipe (which can also crit).This now pushes the Bear to the top of the list when it comes to AoE tanking & damage. imo.

Would like a second opinion on this theory to confirm its validity.

Vengeancex의 댓글

I managed to tame 우크로크 at around lvl 53, and am still using him into the 70s. I absolutely love how well he(and other tenacity pets) holds aggro. I can pull 4-5 mobs my level and I can volley them down without pulling aggro thanks to 천둥 발구르기

P.S. - I was BM spec, which probably worked much better than MM or survival.

Edit: Why downrate? I'm just trying to help my fellow hunters. :/

Lindentree의 댓글

Crocolisks also have an AoE tanking ability, Bad Attitude, though as it is reflective it requires the croc to already have aggro on each target. It has the advantage of being truly AoE (not frontal cone), and the disadvantage of only 3/8 uptime (45 s every 2 minutes). Think of it as a shield spike for your pet.

Cialbi의 댓글

Looks like this is becoming the 'Primate' class in Cata, much like how Owls became Birds of Prey in Wrath. I'm disappointed that the new monkeys don't have enough manners to not scratch their arses in public. Well, at least they aren't flinging their feces at anyone...

themguyman의 댓글

IMO gorillas would be one of the best hunter pets in-game if they came at lower lvls as it stands the lowest lvl you can get 1 is at lvl 32 in STV other than that they also only have like 5 different tamable skins atm but other than that they are a great pet (srry for the mild QQ).it appears that monkeys are getting their own family now they will still be tenacity but their family skill hasn't been announced yet also it seems that all the gorillas have vanished for Stranglethorn so it is impossible to get them b4 level 70 tame them now

themguyman의 댓글

the spirit healer restores your pet to full happiness when it revives it. this is the only way to restore happiness to pets that are no longer tamable pets as they are unfeed able, but most that are like this are unsuitable for pvp as they do not attack other players.

johne2x의 댓글

Bears Swipe+Thunderclap is faster and better they hold 10-13 mobs at once and I walk away without resting

deltaboss의 댓글

cool:)

Cyonisper의 댓글

I should tame 4 of these and name them:Murdoc2DNoodleRussel.

50gold to the first guy who knows what Im talking about.

Moustacheman12의 댓글

I named mine Punchy. He has a tie.

Neutralis의 댓글

I found this pet to be great against bosses. As long as you turn growl and taunt off but leave thunderstomp and pummel on. Both together can take care of the adds too. You just gotta watch for aoe from the boss or the adds.

death2horde의 댓글

When soloing I prefer my gorilla as a tank. I've tried several other tenacity pets and they just don't seem to click as well as the gorilla does.

Gradril의 댓글

love gorillas!

Eillesthis의 댓글

In Warlords Gorillas traded Pummel (an interrupt, which with other crowd controls were reduced game-wide and eliminated from pets) for (a stats buff with a kingly name).